To find out more about life on the ground in Venice, we speak to world-renowned Venetian tattoo artist, Crez, who operates from his Adrenalinkstudio in Marghera, not far from his city’s tourist mecca.

Crez is one of just 100 tattoo artists globally who earned the right to be included in Anna Felicity Friedman’s World Atlas of Tattoo published in 2015; it’s an honour that recognises inductees as the most significant practitioners in the history of tattooing.

He also has a strong connection to Vietnam.

We ask Crez the following questions:

1. Where in Venice are you in relation to the tourist areas that many people listening would know about?

2. How has your neighbourhood been affected?

3. How will this change Italy?

4. Usually you would be spending your days tattooing people, how are you spending your days at the moment?

5. You have a strong affinity with Asia, including with Vietnam, what message do you have for listeners in this part of the world?